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Reflects the amount of charge-off related to a loan prior to foreclosure.

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The estimated fair value of recorded investment related to change in provision for impaired financing receivables measured at fair value.

No definition available.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of change in Provision of other real estate and foreclosed assets. Other real estate may include real estate investments, real estate loans that qualify as investments in real estate. Foreclosed assets include all assets obtained in full or partial satisfaction of a debt arrangement through foreclosure proceedings.

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The impaired collateral dependent commercial loans where an internal evaluation has been done in the last twelve months.

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Represents the impaired commercial collateral dependent financing receivables where the basis for fair value is an appraisal obtained in the last twelve months.

No definition available.

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The estimated fair value of the recorded impaired collateral measured on a non-recurring basis as of the reporting date.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of other real estate and foreclosed assets. Other real estate may include real estate investments, real estate loans that qualify as investments in real estate. Foreclosed assets include all assets obtained in full or partial satisfaction of a debt arrangement through foreclosure proceedings.

No definition available.

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- References

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Amount of investment in equity security without readily determinable fair value.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 321
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116654751&loc=SL75117539-209714

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